# kawat
## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wat]
* Hyphenation: ka‧wat

### Noun

káwat (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
* a play; a game

#### Derived terms

* kakawat
* kawatan
* magkawat
* pagkawat
* parakawat

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wɐt̪]
* Hyphenation: ka‧wat

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
* theft

#### Verb

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
* to steal; to commit theft

##### Derived terms

* kawatan
* kinawat
* makawat
* pagpangawat

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malay kawat.

#### Noun

kawat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜏᜆ᜔)
* wire, usually one used to conduct electricity

## Ilocano
### Noun

kawat
* anchor

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay kawat.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈkawat/ [ˈka.wat̪̚]
* Rhymes: -awat
* Syllabification: ka‧wat

### Noun

kawat
* wire
* (rare) cable
    Synonym: kabel

### Further reading

* “kawat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Etymology

From Old Javanese kawat.

### Noun

kawat
* wire

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kawat/
* Hyphenation: ka‧wat
* Rhymes: -wat, -at

### Etymology 1

From Javanese kawat.

#### Noun

kawat (Jawi spelling کاوت, plural kawat-kawat, informal 1st possessive kawatku, 2nd possessive kawatmu, 3rd possessive kawatnya)
* wire
    kawat berduri: barbed wire
    Synonyms: dawai, wayar
** telecommunication wire or cable
    Synonym: wayar
* (archaic) telegram, newswire
    Synonym: telegram

##### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* mengawatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* dikawatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* berita kawat
* surat kawat

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid, “rule, pattern”). Doublet of kawad and kaedah.

#### Noun

kawat (Jawi spelling کاوت, plural kawat-kawat, informal 1st possessive kawatku, 2nd possessive kawatmu, 3rd possessive kawatnya)
* (Malaysia) row, file, line (of soldiers, troops)
    Synonyms: baris, barisan, kawad, nirai

#### Verb

berkawat
* (Malaysia) to march in a single file or line
    Synonyms: berbaris, berkawad

### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* berkawat [stative / habitual] (beR-)

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاوت kawat”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 76
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاوت kawat”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kawat”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 518

### Further reading

* “kawat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maranao
### Noun

kawat
* wire

## Old Javanese
### Noun

kawat
* wire

## Tausug
### Etymology

Ultimately from Malay kawat.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /kawat/ [k̠ɑˈwɑt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -at
* Syllabification: ka‧wat

### Noun

kawat (Sulat Sūg spelling كَوَتْ)
* wire